Materials consideration for the design, fabrication and operation of microscale robots

C Chen, S Ding, J Wang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024‏ - nature.com
Microscale robots have been the focus of extensive research efforts resulting in various
innovative developments that broaden their capabilities and applications. The rational …

Developments and application of chitosan-based adsorbents for wastewater treatments

P Bhatt, S Joshi, GMU Bayram, P Khati… - Environmental Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Water quality is deteriorating continuously as increasing levels of toxic inorganic and
organic contaminants mostly discharging into the aquatic environment. Removal of such …

Smart organic materials based on macrocycle hosts

XY Lou, S Zhang, Y Wang, YW Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Innovative design of smart organic materials is of great importance for the advancement of
modern technology. Macrocycle hosts, possessing cyclic skeletons, intrinsic cavities, and …

Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Advanced materials for micro/nanorobotics

J Kim, P Mayorga-Burrezo, SJ Song… - Chemical Society …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Autonomous micro/nanorobots capable of performing programmed missions are at the
forefront of next-generation micromachinery. These small robotic systems are predominantly …

Wet‐chemical etching and delamination of MoAlB into MBene and its outstanding photocatalytic performance

D Bury, M Jakubczak, MAK Purbayanto… - Advanced Functional …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
MBenes are post‐MXene materials that contain boron in their structure instead of carbon
and nitrogen. This unique composition offers an opportunity to explore the role of boron in …

Biohybrid microalgae robots: Design, fabrication, materials, and applications

F Zhang, Z Li, C Chen, H Luan, RH Fang… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The integration of microorganisms and engineered artificial components has shown
considerable promise for creating biohybrid microrobots. The unique features of microalgae …

Open questions of chemically powered nano-and micromotors

W Wang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Chemically powered nano-and micromotors are microscopic devices that convert chemical
energy into motion. Interest in these motors has grown over the past 20 years because they …

Biohybrid magnetically driven microrobots for sustainable removal of micro/nanoplastics from the aquatic environment

X Peng, M Urso, M Kolackova, D Huska… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The proliferation of micro/nanoplastics derived from the fragmentation of plastic waste
released in the environment represents an increasingly alarming issue with adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of heavy metals from wastewater by chitosan: A review

A Basem, DJ Jasim, HS Majdi, RM Mohammed… - Results in …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
With the progress of human civilization, the development of technology and the increasing
population, the world is currently facing an important problem called pollution, which …